Newbee's 52 Mainline Ute

[zuffen]

You could make a shallow swimming pool out of building fabric/plastic to fill with Citric acid and immerse the whole chassis in it.

I've seen what citric can do quite quickly.

It's pretty cheap and knocking up a surround to make the pool wouldn't be hard for a guy who can build a car!

I've always used POR15 but would try KBS as it's Aussie.

[Newbee]

Yes Rod I have considered Citric acid, I wonder about the issue of hydrogen embrittlement on the chassis though, or is this only
an issue with high carbon steels. I have killed a few springs using Citric previously but it certainly does a good job on other steel.

It’s a question others may be able to answer, (maybe a metallurgist in the group), I’ll also check with the SA TAC.

Regards Newbee

[enjenjo]

Check this video for a home made product that I have used and recommend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYZmeReKKY.

[zuffen]

Interesting video.

There's a similar discussion going on the HAMB at the moment.

I've used Citric before and OSPHO and both did an alright job but the steel wasn't valuable or a spring.

[Newbee]

Thanks enjenjo interesting video, it makes sense balancing out the acidity (about pH 1) of citric acid with caustic but I
didn’t think it would still work as well as it does.

I have a section of the rear chassis from another Ute from the same farm (to replace a bad section on mine), it is in
the same condition, I will make up some of that solution and try it out.

Did you figure out the last piece of the puzzle regarding the rust inhibitor ?

Regards Newbee

[enjenjo]

So far I have nothing new. At this point this is the best I have found https://www.amazon.com/Gibbs-Brand-Lubr ... B00AFJXIJQ

[Newbee]

Been a long time, my bad but life gets busy, so it will be a bit of a photo dump. Just about done to the stage where I can pull
everything apart and get the chassis blasted.

I used enjenjo's new citric acid mix after watching the videos posted. Came out pretty well, first picture is where the engineer wants the welds.

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Looking very crusty inside.

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Before the process.

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[Newbee]

The process is a bit slower but the end result is just as good.

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Finished product.

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[zuffen]

Is it just a straight slice across the chassis?

He didn't want it mitred or otherwise stepped?

[Sly Fox]

The process is a bit slower but the end result is just as good.

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Finished product.

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Welcome back Newbee,

I've been wondering how your build was going.
I can only see the image details from today's post; I can see Tuesdays pics.
Not sure if it's only me or if other members have the same problem, thanks for posting.

[Gojeep]

I can only see photos from Tuesday?

[Newbee]

I have been trying to load posts but all I'm getting is the "Blacklisted" message. Wednesday mornings effort was a copy and paste from
a Word document that I have decided I'd better keep for backup reasons, so now I type it into the post and then copy to Word.

When the "Blacklisted" message came up after the first post was successful, on Tuesday, I left it and tried again in the morning.

I didn't realize I need to redo the "attachment list" so that's why there are no pictures, when I tried again with the correct procedure
it was "Blacklisted" again.

I'm trying this without pictures to see if it will load. I have just been using photos as attachments recently since my Google Drive storage
and hosting method has failed.

What provider are people using successfully to host pictures now ?

Regards Newbee

[zuffen]

I use Post Image. Seems to work OK for me.

If you get refused due to the Spamhaus deal I find if I keep submitting it eventually goes.

Things are working much better today.

[Newbee]

The process is a bit slower but the end result is just as good.

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Finished product.

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[Newbee]

I had to modify the Fox body sump to clear the Jag steering rack.

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Also sorted out the Power steering lines with some new hoses.

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